Caldwell United
Methodist Church
Bring Individuals to Christ Nurture spiritual growth
Invite others to discipleship
March
29, 2009 Fifth Sunday in Lent
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(Please
sign the attendance sheet in the pew pad. Please tear the sheets out and place
them in the offering plate after everyone in your pew has signed in)
PRELUDE: Lighting of the Candles
Prelude: “O Worship the Lord” Robert C. Clatterbuck
WORDS
OF GREETING: God is Good – All the time
All the time - God is Good
SHARING OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS: Including
birthdays and
Anniversaries
Following each joy, please respond:
For These gifts, We
thank you, God.
Following each concern, please
respond:
God, in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.
CHILDREN’S
MOMENTS
*MORNING
GREETINGS: Greet those around you with handshakes or
hugs and words of greeting or joy. During
this time the children leave the sanctuary with the Children’s Church
Leaders. Nursery is also available.
*OPENING SONG: “Hymn of Promise (In
the Bulb There Is a Flower)”
#707 in your
Hymnal
*CALL
TO WORSHIP:
Leader: O Lord our God, teach us temperance and
self-control, that we
May live in the Spirit,
People: And be
mindful of all the Jesus endured and sacrificed for
Our sakes and how he was made
perfect.
Leader: Help us to keep the fast that you have
chosen, that we may
Loose the bonds of the world,
People: Undo the
heavy burdens, and let the oppressed go free;
Through the grace of Christ Jesus
our risen
Savior. Amen.
PREPARATION FOR PRAYER:
“Through It All” #507 in your Hymnal
SILENT PRAYER
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
SHARING GOD'S BLESSINGS (Loose change for: School room Medicine
Cabinet Africa/Haiti)
*OFFERING RESPONSE “Praise God from Whom All Blessings
Flow” # 95 in your Hymnal
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Glorious God, you
sent Jesus to change our lives in
bold and amazing ways. Yet we often are consumed by the pettiness of our own "to
do" lists. As we place this offering before you, help us to surrender completely
to your love and to be stirred into fruit-bearing action that results in
faithful stewardship. In your holy name, we pray. Amen.
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READING FROM THE BIBLE: John 12:20-33
ANTHEM: “Song of
Promise” Allen Pote
MESSAGE: Stay In Love With God (3 of 3)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
*CLOSING
SONG: ” Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine!”
#369 in your Hymnal
*WORDS OF PARTING
*PARTING
SONG: “Trees of the Field”
#2279 in The Faith We Sing songbook
8504 Caldwell Road,
Mukwonago, WI 53149
(800) 570-4440
www.CaldwellUMC.org
CaldwellUMC@earthlink.net
Pastor Grace
Baldridge’s Cell Phone (262) 751-0955
Secretary’s
Phone: (262) 662-0264
Ministers
All of us
Pastor
Pastor Grace Baldridge
Choir Director
Deanna Shimko-Herman
Greeters & Ushers
Ken & Nancy Pugh
Reader
Bob
Weeks
Dates to Remember
March 30
Items due for April 5th bulletin
March 31
Interfaith Conf. Exploration of Food System 12:00 PM- 1:30PM
$10 1342 N.
Astor St. Milwaukee
April
1 UMW Day Group 12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Ecumenical Potluck Supper, St.
James UMC
East Troy & Service @ 7PM 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Nurture, Membership &
Welcoming Committee 6:30 PM
@ Mukwonago Library
Ecumenical Lent Service, St.
James UMC 7:00 PM
April 2
Church Office Hours 9:00
AM – 12:00 PM
Choir Rehearsal 6:00
PM-7:15 PM
No
Adult Bible Study
March 27
Pastor at school and Pastor’s Day Off
Volunteers for Next
Sunday
Greeters & Ushers
Don
& Barb Foster
Reader John Steib
John 12:20-33
Some Greeks Wish to See Jesus
Now among those who went
up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was
from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.’ Philip went and told Andrew;
then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, ‘The hour has come for the Son of Man to be
glorified. Very truly, I tell you,
unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single
grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life
in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow
me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the
Father will honor.
Jesus Speaks about His Death
‘Now my soul is troubled.
And what should I say—“Father, save me from this hour”? No, it is for this
reason that I have come to this hour. Father,
glorify your name.’ Then a voice came from heaven, ‘I have glorified it, and I
will glorify it again.’ The
crowd standing there heard it and said that it was thunder. Others said, ‘An
angel has spoken to him.’ Jesus
answered, ‘This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this
world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from
the earth, will draw all people to myself.’ He said this to indicate the
kind of death he was to die.
Eunice Drought Stewart Mary Alice Rubach People of Cambodia Carol Denise Traveling to see Family Bev Squires Janet Heather Tracy Bonnie Jill Mission efforts Taylor and Family Family of Samantha All Those Looking for Work Patty Jolie Family of Mark All Who Are Grieving Jerry Beitz Family Today I will Pray For: Joys Anna & Ally Bob Richardson March & April Birthdays &
Anniversaries Julie Children’s Church Al Handy’s Aunt Helen Shut Ins Mabel Byron Elizabeth Stark Lois, Pastor’s Grandma Other Concerns Alverne Our troops overseas Elise David Hempen Lucille Craig Jaris Tracey Kevin
Mattson Stewardship Bridget
and Tom Reiter Bill
Spires Doug
Janke & Family
Other Concerns
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Daily Prayer
Please
use this guided prayer as a way to pray daily for the whole world.
Together,
let us pray
For the
people of this congregation…
For
those who suffer and those in trouble…
For the
concerns of this local community…
For the
world, it’s peoples, and it’s leaders…
For the
Church universal – it’s leaders, it’s members, and it’s mission
In communion with the saints…Amen